PRS for Music is currently in licensing negotiations with the BBC, covering the use of its members’ music by the broadcaster.
As reported in The Sunday Times yesterday (Sunday), the BBC and the collecting society are still to reach an agreement over a proposed increase to the existing licence fee and have engaged the Copyright Tribunal.
In a statement released today, PRS for Music said: ‘The BBC has been a valued partner to PRS and MCPS for many decades. In this time, the broadcast landscape has changed considerably and will continue to do so. Inevitably, with television and radio content being delivered to audiences in many different ways across multiple media platforms, this adds to the complexity of our negotiations.
‘We are asking that the BBC pays a fair price for a licence covering PRS and MCPS members’ rights across its radio, television and online services in the UK as well as on the World Service. However, the issues between us are not just about money. This is also about what the BBC can do with our members’ music under a licence designed to cover its public service activities and how certain commercial activities, for example, international sales of television programmes, should be licensed.
‘We believe the BBC continues to recognise the value that our members’ music brings to its services and that we can agree fair licensing terms in due course.’
As reported in The Sunday Times yesterday (Sunday), the BBC and the collecting society are still to reach an agreement over a proposed increase to the existing licence fee and have engaged the Copyright Tribunal.
In a statement released today, PRS for Music said: ‘The BBC has been a valued partner to PRS and MCPS for many decades. In this time, the broadcast landscape has changed considerably and will continue to do so. Inevitably, with television and radio content being delivered to audiences in many different ways across multiple media platforms, this adds to the complexity of our negotiations.
‘We are asking that the BBC pays a fair price for a licence covering PRS and MCPS members’ rights across its radio, television and online services in the UK as well as on the World Service. However, the issues between us are not just about money. This is also about what the BBC can do with our members’ music under a licence designed to cover its public service activities and how certain commercial activities, for example, international sales of television programmes, should be licensed.
‘We believe the BBC continues to recognise the value that our members’ music brings to its services and that we can agree fair licensing terms in due course.’
